Le plan étant de contruire une plateforme avec un rocher vertical, texturé des deux cotés, j'ai besoin d'un moule deux parties.
Ensuite j'ai pris du "synthofer", pate utilisé pour les réparation de carosserie. J'ai appliqué la pate dans le moule de gauche, en poussant pour que cela rentre bien dans les détails... Puis dans le moule de droite, pour enfin joindre les deux moitiées.As the plan was to build a platform with a rock, textured on both side, I need 2 parts mold.. Then I took this "synthofer" paste used for cars bodyparts repair. I applied first the paste on the left mold, taking care of pushing the past in the details to be sure to get all the little sculptures...Then I pour also the second mold, and before it dries I joined both parts.

The Ice Lake : Le Lac Gelé

J'ai donc coulé de la résine epoxy, coloré en bleue, et pendant le séchange, soupoudré du verre pillé sur la surface. So I started by pouring some epoxy resin, colored a bit in blue, and when it dries I place some glass powder over the surface...

Did multiple layer, with more and more blue in it, including also some stain with pure blue ink. Between each layer of epoxy resin, I put glass powder, in the resin mass, but also after complete drying.

So how thing comes from errors. My first layer of resin has not enough hardener.. and thus take ages to cure. Therefore I Have added more and more glass powder in it. At the end, the final stuff was not totally hard, you can bend it a bit..; and this is how I discover the nice effect it has when you try to bend it..A video is even better. I made it in english.

Let's begin with the simple base. Coming from the wargame, it is very nice to use. Just a plastic base sold with the miniature, and a little stuff on. This bases are also interesting to have an homogenous effect between different miniatures from the same brand.

To upgrade it, it is possible to fix it on a commercial wooden base. Just take care on the size balance!

Another kind of bases that we can find on displays is the cut out base. The idea is here to figure out a scenery straightly cut. The difficulty is to have nothing out of the sides. This sceneries can be completed with freehands, or titles. I prefer to not put it on wooden bases because it is very huge.

Cutted bases can seem too massive. In this case, we can prefer raised bases. Here, it is a wooden base, axis and the scenery fixed upside. This sceneries have lots of lightness and free space. Take care about solidity!

We got recently in hand some miniatures from Simon Miniatures and it starts to be obvious that we need to review those !Miniatures has been sculpted by Stéphane Simon, ... what to say... former Rackham amployee ;) Thus the story starts with something I cannot avoid ;)So let's startwith the one I will paint...: LORD DEATH

The 3 heads are really different, thus hard choice !I have prepared it, A bit difficult to prepare, sticking to the fact this is absolutely not a miniature for beginners... The good point, junction can be easily filled between parts, as the texture helps really to integrate the gap filling.Stay tuned for further paint work..

Je n'ai pas eu l’occasion encore de monter la figurine donc je ne pourrais pas évaluer le montage. Une chose est sur, c'est qu'il y a du détail et que ça va requérir de la précision.I did not have the opportunity to join parts of the figurine yet. I could not judge yet the assembly. One sure point, the miniature is made of a lot of details and it will require a lot of precisions.